There is new technology here that can perform miracles
The discursive psychology of technological optimism in climate change policy debates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6084532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Søren Beck Nielsen (0000-0003-4405-2024) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 826-845 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.23035.nie |
| OpenAlex | W4387170329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper puts the spotlight on the discursive practices by which politicians, interest group representatives, and other influential public figures in effect promote climate inaction by conveying confidence in technological innovation. Data consist of policy debates on prominent public service television in Denmark. The study uses Discursive Psychology to examine how references to technological innovation are: (i) sequentially invoked as the solution to problematization of policies that allow high levels of emissions; (ii) grammatically designed to highlight the force of technological innovation; and (iii) rhetorically produced to support a subjective contrast between a pessimist and an optimist outlook. Overall, the study finds that invocation of technological optimism constitutes a ‘ready answer’ to communicative challenges that emerge during the debates, which effectively justifies inaction
Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Engineering · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 2.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |